Ryan Ober Named An Academic All-American

AUSTIN, Texas – Oregon State baseball junior Ryan Ober has been named a Second-Team Academic All-American, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced on Thursday.

Ober, a finance major from Snohomish, Wash., becomes the seventh player in Oregon State history to earn the Academic All-America honor, joining Ken Bowen (1986, 1987), Bryan Ganter (1986, 1987), Mason Smith (1994), Ben Bertrand (1998), Mitch Canham (2007) and Jake Thompson (2017).

Ober earned the second-team spot at designated hitter after spending 2020 at both that spot and third base. He is the lone player from the Pac-12 Conference to be on any of three Academic All-America teams – 33 student-athletes…